Opening game, American Tycoon

On the desolate South African plateau, a group of British soldiers is marching in the direction of Johannesburg. After a year of fighting, with the advantage of size, the British army finally invaded South Africa - after paying a heavy price , they captured Kimberley.

A month ago, in order to destroy South Africa's economic foundation, they resolutely decided to attack Johannesburg. After all, it has the world's largest gold mine. With the locally produced gold, the Boers were able to purchase a large amount of weapons and ammunition.

"Occupying Johannesburg is the first step to defeating the Boers!"

So almost, Johannesburg has become the key to this war.

As the British soldiers marched in formation, what they didn't know was that someone was watching them 30 kilometers away.That is the No. 2 gun tower in Johannesburg. In the past half a month, this gun tower located on a hill with a height of tens of meters has been under the most violent artillery fire in human history-the British army mobilized a large number of artillery , troops launched an attack on it, but their attacks were thwarted.

Although its walls are covered with bullet marks, it still stands motionless in the gunpowder smoke, standing tenaciously in the gunpowder smoke.

"Target location..."

Amidst the rumble of cannons, in the armored observation post on the top of the turret, the artillery observer loudly gave the direction with the help of the gunners, and soon the left wing turret learned the distance and position of the enemy through the phone, and the gunners in the turret immediately began to install. After a 100mm grenade weighing 203 kilograms and ammunition packs were loaded into the chamber, the gunners immediately adjusted the firing angle to 42 degrees while closing the breech breech, and adjusted the orientation at the same time. Ten seconds later, accompanied by a sound There was a deafening sound, and the turret on the top of the gun tower sounded again.

This 55mm gun with a 203-fold barrel is the latest product of the Ming Empire. It is famous for its long range, with a maximum range of 31800 meters.It is also thanks to its long range that after the British attacked Johannesburg, the 6 gun towers outside the city were not only six strong fortresses, but also its long-range artillery hit the British army again and again.

The combination of long-range heavy artillery and 16-fold artillery scopes became the Boers' trump card, and they dealt fatal blows to the British time and time again.

When the British troops who had just been added to this battalion were marching, they hadn't realized the danger coming. Suddenly, accompanied by a sharp howling sound, the shells fell accurately nearby. The rising dust and smoke swept across the marching team like a whirlwind.

The whizzing debris tore at Muren's body, and the shock wave blasted their bodies into the air. While they were thrown into the air like dolls, the wounded who fell on the ground let out a heart-piercing cry. Howls, cries.

I don't know how many people lost their lives before they even reacted urgently.

When the gunpowder smoke cleared, the originally mighty team had turned into a group of remnants and defeated generals, and the messy battlefield was littered with corpses.

Such long-range bombardment has undoubtedly been extremely deadly to the British in the past half month. I do not know how many British troops have been shelled tens of kilometers away from the front line.

In the face of such shelling, they have almost no power to fight back.He could only stand there helplessly and endure the long-range blow.

"Damn Boers!"

Standing in the observation post, General Corley's brows were furrowed into a ball, despite the curses in his mouth, his tone was full of helplessness.

"General, we can see that the long-range heavy artillery of the Boers can bombard our troops 15 miles away, but what about us? Our artillery with the longest range can only bombard targets twelve miles away..."

Chief of Staff Haisim said rather helplessly when reporting.

"Now, whenever our artillery is approaching, they will bombard our artillery positions with heavy artillery. These battery towers rely on long-range heavy artillery, completely suppressing our firepower, so that our men have no chance to even get close to the Boer defense line. , General, unless we can destroy these forts, there is no way we can take Johannesburg."

In the past days, the six turrets in Johannesburg have become the most difficult fortress in the city. The turrets are so strong and the defensive firepower is so strong that the British army even wants to detour, but the problem is that they can't go around at all. In the past, the city was protected by these six fortresses!

"Ming dynasty……"

"what?"

General Corley's words made Haisim stunned,
"This kind of artillery turret with a height of tens of meters was designed by Daming. As early as more than 8 years ago, they designed this kind of turret. Its walls are reinforced concrete with a thickness of [-] feet, and the top is even thicker. The empire originally planned to use it to strengthen the defense line of the Pampas grassland. After all, there is a grassland there, but because of the rise of the empire, it has been stuck in the blueprint stage, and now the engineers of the Ming Empire not only helped the Boers build such a fortress , and also handed over their most advanced long-range coastal defense artillery to the Boers, which is why they can suppress us with artillery..."

Corley put down the binoculars in his hand, and said in a suppressed angry tone.

"What we can see is that after the outbreak of the war, the Ming Empire seemed to prohibit the export of arms to Boer, but in fact? They not only sent a steady stream of arms here, but also sent a lot of advanced arms. The advanced one, tens of thousands of British soldiers died under the weapons made by Ming Dynasty..."

Now Kohli seems to understand the pain of the Americans. During the Civil War, although the North seemed to block the South, or the South could still obtain a large amount of arms through smuggling, and most of the arms were supplied by the Ming Empire. which provided!

What now?
The Ming Empire was nothing more than a repeat of the old trick. While they declared an embargo, they sold a large amount to the Boers.

"Yes, General, as long as the Boers can afford gold, they will sell a steady stream of weapons to Boer, so, General, we must take Johannesburg no matter what."

Haisham said firmly,

"Gold! The gold in Johannesburg is the basis for the Boers to fight. Without gold, they can't buy arms. Without arms, they can't continue this war. As long as Johannesburg is occupied, the Boers will have no gold. No Without the gold, the war is over..."

Nodding his head, General Corley said in deep agreement.

"So, we must seize this place and occupy this gold mine regardless of the cost!"

Only by occupying this gold mine can the resistance of the Boers be stopped.Of course, their resistance will not stop immediately, but without gold and sources of funds, the resistance of those who do not play people cannot continue, and they will definitely surrender in the end.

But now it is precisely because of the gold here that they can continuously purchase a large number of weapons from the international market.And those weapons are the most advanced in the world, and I don't know how many British people died in those weapons.

"Gold...as long as we occupy this gold mine, what many people will lose is not just gold, but the motivation to continue this war..."